The Rockets will only play three games over the next 11 days: a much-needed break given their recent stretch.
The Houston Rockets, so far this season, have had the strangest schedule in the NBA, having played at least one less game than virtually every other team atop the Western Conference.
Yet, this past week, in which the Rockets played five games in seven days (including their first two back-to-backs of the season), showed how vulnerable they might be to brutal stretches in the schedule.